University Hospitals Serve 3 thousand Patients daily

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ University hospitals in Syria,  are  the oldest teaching , therapeutic, and the largest hospitals in the region, renowned for  graduating  professional  doctors and specialists.

According to the  Minister of Higher Education Dr. Mohamed Yehia the educational  hospitals work to achieve three objectives :  to provide free  diagnostic and therapeutic medical services  for citizens :  clinical training for medical students in public universities and students of medical schools and nursing schools , and to conduct studies and research. 

The  Minister explained that university hospitals  offer  wide and quality  medical services  , noting that total number of patients who attended the hospitals  in 2012 was  1178675 patients, with  average number of  admitted patients per day was  3229 patients. 

Number of medical services provided in all university hospitals  was 5777401 in 2012 included  X-rays and lab tests physical hearings , chemical and radiological and synthetic college sessions. 

The minister continued  that higher education universities,  and in particular al-Bairouni  hospital provides  health services to treat patients with tumors  for free, at a budget estimated at  5.1 billion Syrian pounds for chemical  drugs annually to treat patients with tumors, in addition to tumors treatment units  in Tishreen University  hospital,  Aleppo al-  Kindi hospital University and the University Children’s Hospital in Damascus. 

He added that  the country ‘s university hospitals create an enabling environment for the development of  medical scientific research in Syria  through the formation of research units within each hospital and the establishment of scientific research for medical schools and institutions of higher education and other government health  institutions and conducting  Masters and Graduate Studies .

 

T. Fateh

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